Electromagnetic Or Electrostatic Shield Patents (Class 439/607.01)
  • Patent number: 11888267
    Abstract: A cable connector includes a contact module, wires and grounding bars. The contact module includes a pair of subunits commonly sandwiching a metallic shielding plate. Each subunit includes contacts integrally formed within an insulator, the contacts includes a plurality of differential-pair contacts and grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other. Each contact includes a front contacting section and a rear tail section, the tail sections of the grounding contacts being unified with a transverse bar. Each wire has a pair of inner conductors respectively soldered to the tail sections of the corresponding differential-pair contacts, and an outer braiding layer surrounding the pair of inner conductors and mechanically and electrically connected to the transverse bar. Each grounding bar includes a plurality of rear tabs respectively connected to the braiding layers, and a plurality of front tabs respectively connected to the tail sections of the corresponding grounding contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Neng Xiao, Haozhe Zi
  • Patent number: 11871097
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a first metal plate, and a second metal plate. On each of the first substrate and the second substrate, an electronic component is mounted. The first substrate and the second substrate are positioned toward a stacking direction with respective main surfaces facing each other. The first metal plate includes a flat portion that is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and that directly or indirectly abuts the electronic component mounted on the first substrate and the electronic component mounted on the second substrate, and a first shield portion that covers a portion of the side surface of the first substrate. The second metal plate includes a second shield portion that covers the entire circumference of the side surface of the second substrate and the side surface of the first substrate exposed from the first metal plate. The first metal plate and the second metal plate abut each other directly or indirectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 11848522
    Abstract: Input/output (I/O) connectors (1) for conducting data at high data rates, (e.g. 112 gigabits per second or more) are provided with protective shields (4, 5, 6) to provide increased mechanical strength and signal integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kirk B. Peloza, Vivek Shah, Andrew Kolak, Dan Wenzel, Matt Cox, Ayman Isaac
  • Patent number: 11848523
    Abstract: A connector housing assembly comprises a housing defining an accommodation space having a left side wall and a right side wall opposite to each other in a transverse direction of the housing. A partition member is inserted into the accommodation space for dividing the accommodation space into an upper insertion chamber and a lower insertion chamber. A shielding member is installed within the partition member and includes elastic contacts extending from lateral sides of the partition member for pressing on the left and right side walls of the accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongwen Yang, Hongqiang Han, Richard James Long, Alex Michael Sharf
  • Patent number: 11831107
    Abstract: A connector disclosed by this specification is provided with a shielded cable including a conductive shield portion for covering outer peripheries of two coated wires and a sheath portion for covering an outer periphery of the shield portion, a first outer conductor including a tubular portion and to be connected to the shield portion, a second outer conductor including two plate-like fixing barrels to be crimped to wind around an outer surface of the tubular portion in a circumferential direction, and a housing including a module accommodating portion for accommodating an outer conductor formed by the first and second outer conductors by the fixing barrels being crimped to the tubular portion. The module accommodating portion includes a central ceiling wall capable of pressing the fixing barrels toward proper crimping positions in the process of accommodating the outer conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: 11831111
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, at least one flexible printed circuit board mounted in the insulating housing, at least one location block disposed to a middle of an outer surface of the at least one flexible printed circuit board, at least one elastic structure disposed on an outer surface of the at least one location block, and a shell. The at least one flexible printed circuit board includes an outer ground layer, a signal layer and an inner ground layer. The signal layer has a plurality of traces. Each trace has a main portion, at least one contact portion and a soldering portion. The shell surrounds the insulating housing, the at least one flexible printed circuit board, the at least one location block and the at least one elastic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan-Hung Lin, Sheng-Nan Yu, Chun-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 11831971
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an onboard camera that enables a camera chassis to be easily assembled while providing shielding between plates. The onboard camera according to an aspect of the present technology has an internal structure including: a bottom face plate which forms a bottom face of a housing and has end portions serving as wall faces formed respectively at opposite ends of the bottom face plate; a board on which an electronic component is installed; a top face plate which covers the board and has end portions serving as wall faces formed respectively at opposite ends of the top face plate; and a shield plate which has insertion portions formed at opposite ends, the insertion portions being positioned in clearances between the end portions of the bottom face plate and the end portions of the top face plate to close the clearances. The present technology can be applied to an onboard camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiro Tokito
  • Patent number: 11735877
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector is enclosed by an outer shell. The outer shell includes a rear covering plate, side plates, and top plates. Two turned portions are at two sides of the rear covering plate. The side plates outwardly extend from the turned portions, respectively. Each of the top plates is bent from a top portion of the corresponding side plate and extends away from the corresponding side plate. The rear covering plate and the side plates are integrally formed as a one-piece member. Hence, the steps of manufacturing process for the connector can be reduced, the production of defective products can be reduced, and the structural strength of the connector can be improved. Moreover, numbers of holes or cracks between the rear covering plate and each of the side plates can be reduced, thereby reducing the EMI issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Yung Chang, Tzu-Hao Li, Chia-Cheng He
  • Patent number: 11715896
    Abstract: A coaxial connecting member (1) for transmitting radio-frequency signals between a first and a second circuit board (2, 3) includes an inner conductor (4), an outer conductor (5) and an insulating member (6) arranged between the inner conductor (4) and the outer conductor (5). The inner conductor (4) and/or the outer conductor (5) comprise a first and a second end section (7, 8) to interconnect the inner conductor (4) to the first and the second circuit board (2, 3). The first and the second end section (7, 8) are interconnected to each other by at least one elastically deformable transversal section (9) to compensate axial and/or lateral misalignment of the first and the second circuit board (2, 3) with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HUBER+SUHNER AG
    Inventors: Martin Wagner, Franz Manser, Rudolf Hildebrand, Michael Stuffer
  • Patent number: 11705669
    Abstract: A high-current high-frequency electrical connector receptacle applicable to network data transmission includes a receptacle housing and a socket tongue. The socket tongue is inserted into the receptacle housing in a front-rear direction, and a relative position thereof is locked. The socket tongue includes an upper terminal block, a lower terminal block and an insulating plastic body. The upper terminal block and the lower terminal block are both built in and fixed into the insulating plastic body. The receptacle housing is provided with a special-shaped fool-proofing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Goldenconn Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Guangcai Fan, Song Zou, Zhigang He
  • Patent number: 11677189
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, having an electrically insulating housing assembly and an outer-conductor assembly connected in positively locking fashion to the housing assembly. The outer-conductor assembly has at least one fastening tab which can be bent from a basic state into a fastening state. The outer-conductor assembly is received in the housing assembly such that the housing assembly blocks relative movement between the outer-conductor assembly and the housing assembly in positively locking fashion along a first translational degree of freedom (x) and/or along a second translational degree of freedom (y). The fastening in the basic state, allows an assembling movement for assembling the housing assembly on the outer-conductor assembly along a third translational degree of freedom (z) and, in the bent fastening state, blocks the housing assembly on the outer-conductor assembly in positively locking fashion at least along the third translational degree of freedom (z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 11659649
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, a charging interface and an antenna unit. The housing is provided with an external interface. The circuit board is arranged in the housing and includes a grounding metal. The charging interface is arranged in the housing and in communication with the external interface. The charging interface includes a metal casing. The metal casing is provided with a plurality of grounding solder pads, and the grounding solder pads are arranged to be separated from the grounding metal. The antenna unit is coupled with the charging interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yueliang Li
  • Patent number: 11613159
    Abstract: A power module for a transport climate control system that supplies power to a plurality of components of the transport climate control system is provided. The power module includes a power module housing, a power terminal, and a power protection shroud. The power terminal extends through an external surface of the power module housing. The power protection shroud extends from the external surface of the power module housing. The power protection shroud includes a curved wall having a horseshoe shape that surrounds the power terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Thermo King LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Alan Schemmel, Diarmaid Thomas Bucke, Niall Lynch
  • Patent number: 11605919
    Abstract: A backplane connector includes a number of wafers. Each wafer includes a number of conductive terminals, a first metal shield and a second metal shield. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. Each conductive terminal has a contact portion. The first metal shield and the second metal shield respectively include a first extension portion and a second extension portion. The first extension portion and/or the second extension portion include a limiting structure for limiting the contact portion of the first ground terminal and/or the contact portion of the second ground terminal. Besides, in two adjacent wafers, the first extension portion of one wafer contacts the second extension portion of the other wafer through protruding tabs. As a result, the structural reliability of the backplane connector is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Song, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Xiaogang Liu, Ming Li
  • Patent number: 11585986
    Abstract: Optical connectors that substantially preserve alignment and are easy to manufacture. The alignment system using the optical connectors disclosed herein include a first housing, a second housing and an alignment component, the said alignment component configured to provide optical alignment between the optical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Wavefront Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonas D. Corl, David M. Vincentsen, Thomas A. Mitchell, Michelle M. Stone, Thomas W. Stone, James W. Guelzow
  • Patent number: 11564340
    Abstract: Example embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to a plastic enclosure that provides EMI shielding and heat sinking to an electronic assembly. In one embodiment, the enclosure includes a housing portion formed of a base material that includes a polymer containing graphene nanostructures and carbon nanostructures. The graphene nanostructures provide a thermal conductivity characteristic to the base material. A set of standoff elements made of the base material is provided inside the housing for mounting the electronic assembly. Heat generated by the electronic assembly is conducted out of the enclosure by the standoff elements due to the graphene nanostructures. The carbon nanostructures provide an electrical conductivity characteristic to the base material. A lid formed of the base material may be attached to the housing portion. The carbon nanostructures in the housing portion and the lid provide EMI shielding to the electronic assembly inside the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Thomas Hermann, Tye Winkel
  • Patent number: 11495905
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes a metallic shell, a first insulated housing, a second insulated housing, a first terminal module, and a second terminal module. The first terminal module includes the first terminals and the first assembling block combined with each other to form a one-piece member, and then the first insulated housing is further combined with the first terminal module. The second terminal module includes the second terminals and the second assembling block combined with each other to form a one-piece member, and then the second insulated housing is further combined with the second terminal module. The four-piece component is assembled into the metallic shell. Accordingly, the number of the components for manufacturing the connector can be reduced, thereby simplifying the assembling procedure for the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Yung Chang, Tzu-Hao Li, Chia-Cheng He
  • Patent number: 11482807
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a waterproof connector including an integral insulating body, a number of conductive terminals, and an insulating block. The insulating body includes a rear end portion, a front end portion, and a middle portion. The rear end portion defines a number of terminal grooves. The front end portion defines a mating space. The middle portion includes a receiving channel communicating with the terminal grooves. The terminals are disposed in the terminal grooves and extend towards the mating space. The insulating block is injection-molded in the receiving channel and seamlessly fixes the conductive terminals in the terminal grooves. The waterproof connector of the present disclosure can prevent water and dust from entering therein. A method of manufacturing the waterproof connector is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Wan, Xiaobo Fu, Houtian Wu
  • Patent number: 11476572
    Abstract: An electronic package structure is provided, including a substrate with an electronic component, an antenna element and a shielding element disposed on the substrate. The shielding element is positioned between the antenna element and the electronic component to prevent electromagnetic interference (EMI) from occurring between the antenna element and the electronic component. A method for fabricating the electronic package structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Shih, Chih-Hsien Chiu, Yueh-Chiung Chang, Tsung-Li Lin, Chi-Pin Tsai, Chien-Cheng Lin, Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Heng-Cheng Chu, Ming-Fan Tsai
  • Patent number: 11431130
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a metal shielding cage. The metal shielding cage includes a cage body, a back cover and a grounding member. The cage body has a top wall, a mounting side and two side walls, the top wall, the mounting side and the two side walls together define a receiving space extending along a front-rear direction, the receiving space has a front opening toward the front and a rear opening positioned at the rear, the back cover and the grounding member are assembled at the rear opening of the cage body, and the grounding member is provided with an elastic grounding finger row toward the mounting side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Che-Yuan Yang
  • Patent number: 11411354
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulative main housing having a front mating portion defining a capsular tube, and a rear holding portion with a sleeve; an insulative contact housing with a pair of cable contacts received therein and a metallic EMI shell covering an exterior of the contact housing; a cable mechanically and electrically connected to the cable contact. The contact housing with the associated cable contacts and the EMI shell is inserted into the insulative main housing from a rear side of the insulative main housing wherein the contact housing is received within the front mating portion and the cable is received within the sleeve. The receptacle connector includes a metallic housing, an insulative housing, a pair of receptacle contacts insert-molded within the insulative housing and an insulative cover enclosing the metallic housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Terrance F. Little
  • Patent number: 11367975
    Abstract: The present disclosure an electrical connector having an insulating body and a number of conductive terminals. The insulating body includes a base portion and an extension portion. The extension portion includes a first surface and a second surface. The conductive terminals include a number of first contact portions located on a same side of the first surface and a number of second contact portions located on a same side of the second surface. At least part of surfaces of the first contact portions do not protrude beyond the first surface. At least part of surfaces of the second contact portions do not protrude beyond the second surface. As a result, the electrical connector of the present disclosure can avoid a short circuit problem between adjacent conductive terminals due to accumulation of a certain degree of dirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LEADER PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongqiang Xu, Lijun Xu
  • Patent number: 11355890
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a shield connector and an outer conductor terminal capable of improving sealing performance and assemblability. An outer conductor terminal includes an outer conductor terminal body having an insertion opening for a dielectric in a rear surface, and a lid member separate from the outer conductor terminal body and to be mounted into the outer conductor terminal body. The outer conductor terminal body includes a lock receiving portion on each side surface. The lid member includes a back portion for covering the insertion opening, and a pair of side portions connected to the back portion and configured to cover the respective side surfaces of the outer conductor terminal body. Locking portions to be locked to the lock receiving portions are provided on the pair of side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: 11342693
    Abstract: A terminal retention hole of a receptacle housing has guide grooves for permitting sliding of protruding guide parts of a receptacle terminal in the engaging longitudinal direction of the protruding guide parts. Each of the plug terminals has a base part and a contact part extending from the base part. A thickness of the plug terminal contact part in the horizontal direction is smaller than the thickness of the plug terminal base part in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Masayuki Arai, Shigeru Akiyama, Qiucen He
  • Patent number: 11327126
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a cable for transmitting power and data from power sourcing equipment to a powered device in a Power over Ethernet (PoE) system, and plugs at each end of the cable, at least one of the plugs comprising at least one resistor, wherein power capacity of the cable is identified at the power sourcing equipment receiving one of the plugs based on the at least one resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Chad M. Jones
  • Patent number: 11322877
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing, a power terminal group, and a signal terminal group received in the metallic shell. Each terminal of the power terminal group includes a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a positioning plate that are formed as a clamp structure. The first contact portion extends from an upper portion of the positioning plate and is above the insertion cavity of the insulated housing. The second contact portion extends from a lower portion of the positioning plate and is below the insertion cavity of the insulated housing. Each terminal of the signal terminal group is side-by-side arranged with the corresponding terminal of the power terminal group. A cross-sectional area of each terminal of the signal terminal group is less than a cross-sectional area of the corresponding terminal of the power terminal group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Yung Chang, Mao-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11303071
    Abstract: A connector includes first contacts, second contacts, a middle plate, a first electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) pad, a second EMC pad, an insulating body, and a spacer. The middle plate is clamped between the first contacts and the second contacts. The first EMC pad is located above the first contacts. The second EMC pad is located below the second contacts. The first EMC pad and the second EMC pad are connected to the middle plate respectively. The insulating body is partially embedded with the first contacts, the second contacts, the middle plate, the first EMC pad, and the second EMC pad. The spacer is formed between the first contacts and the second contacts, and is partially embedded with the first contacts and the second contacts. A manufacturing method where the connector is assembled as a semi-finished product in advance is further provided to reduce the production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LEADER PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Li-Jun Xu, Hong-Qiang Xu, Meng-Jie Peng, Yong Wang
  • Patent number: 11283221
    Abstract: The present disclosure a connector including an insulating body, a number of terminal modules and a shielding member. The insulating body includes a base and a mating portion protruding from the base. The terminal modules are installed in the insulating body. The terminal modules include a first signal terminal module and a ground terminal module. The first signal terminal module includes a first insulating block and a first signal terminal. The ground terminal module includes an insulation block and a ground terminal. The first signal terminal and the ground terminal are respectively provided with a first contact portion and a ground contact portion. The first insulating block and the insulation block are provided with through holes communicating with each other. The shielding member is inserted in the through holes to be coupled with the ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SPEED TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: ChengHsiang Hsueh, ITing Hsieh, HuaChun Chang
  • Patent number: 11228133
    Abstract: A high speed connector includes an insulated shelter for accommodating at least one main body. The main body includes at least one terminal group integrated with the main body by having two opposing sides thereof to extend out of the main body, in which the two opposing sides are defined as a contact portion and a welding portion, respectively. The terminal group further includes a plurality of terminals. The insulated plastic element has a slot for enclosing up terminal group, and a height of a section in the slot is larger than a thickness of the plurality of terminals, so that at least one gap can be formed in the slot. By having the gap, dielectric coefficients and electromagnetic properties around the terminals can be adjusted to reduce the crosstalk effects upon the signal terminals. In addition, an insulated plastic element is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Tien-Fu Huang
  • Patent number: 11228134
    Abstract: A cover member includes a first cover part and a second cover part. The first cover part includes: a mount surface on which a main body of a cable connector is mounted; a periphery wall which is provided to lie substantially along an outer edge of the main body of the cable connector mounted on the mount surface and which is raised from the mount surface toward a side on which the first cover part is combined with the second cover part; a cable outlet and a connection port; an engaging portion that engages with a predetermined portion of the second cover part; and a pair of raised portions raised from the mount surface toward the side on which the first cover part is combined with the second cover part, the pair of raised portions being provided at positions which sandwich a cable extending out from the main body of the cable connector mounted on the mount surface and which are at or near the cable outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Yasuda, Kenichi Naganuma
  • Patent number: 11223738
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a connector having a connecting portion to which a USB memory is attachable; a support member configured to support the connector, the support member having a screw hole; a first screw hole provided on a main body of the image forming apparatus correspondingly to the screw hole of the support member, the first screw hole being for fixing the connector at a first position where the connecting portion of the connector is exposed from an exterior cover of the main body; and a second screw hole provided on the main body correspondingly to the screw hole of the support member, the second screw hole being for fixing the connector at a second position where the connecting portion of the connector is located inside the exterior cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Daiju Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11218871
    Abstract: A portable wireless communications adapter includes a wireless receiver, a wireless transmitter, an electronic interface connector, and a location sensing module. The wireless receiver is configured to receive wireless data over a Wireless Avionics Intra-Communication (WAIC) frequency range between 4.2 gigahertz (GHz) and 4.4 GHz. The wireless transmitter is configured to send wireless data over the WAIC frequency range between 4.2 GHz and 4.4 GHz. The electronic interface connector is configured to mate with a portable electronic device for communication of the wireless data with the portable electronic device. The location sensing module is configured to determine a location of the portable wireless communications adapter relative to an interior of an aircraft based on WAIC communications received at the wireless receiver and selectively enable and disable the wireless transmitter based on the determined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Rameshkumar Balasubramanian, Pullaiah Dussa, Michael A. Lynch
  • Patent number: 11128092
    Abstract: A connector assembly configured for compact, high speed electronic systems. The assembly includes a board connector and a cable connector that may be mated by moving the cable connector in a mating direction perpendicular to a printed circuit board to which the board connector is mounted. The cable and board connectors may latch when mated and may be unlatched and unmated by pulling on a tab at a top of the cable connector in a direction opposite the mating direction. As a result, little clearance is required around the board connector to access the latching components. Such a connector may enable an electronic device with high signal integrity because the connector can be mounted close to an electronic component that processes high speed signals, providing a short, and high integrity signal paths for high speed signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Amphenol AssembleTech (Xiamen) Co., Ltd, Amphenol East Asia Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Chu Yang, Hui Tang, Zhenxing Liu, Lo-Wen Lu, Wen Te Hsu
  • Patent number: 11114792
    Abstract: A contact includes a pair of side walls, a front end upper wall extending from the side walls, a rear end upper wall extending from the side walls, a lance extending in a rearward direction from a rear end of the front end upper wall, and an extension piece extending in the rearward direction from a rear end portion of the lance. The lance has a catch portion at the rear end portion of the lance. The catch portion is caught in a housing when the contact is inserted into the housing. The extension piece is positioned under the rear end upper wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Shindo
  • Patent number: 11025012
    Abstract: An electrical connector with an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained thereto. The housing includes a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. Each first contact includes, along the front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, a front first contacting section, exposed above a mating face of the tongue, a rear first soldering section extending out of the housing, and a first connecting section located therebetween wherein in the pair of first different contacts, the first connecting sections are transversely offset from the corresponding first contacting sections and toward each other so as to have therebetween a distance, in the transverse direction, smaller than that between the corresponding first contacting sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiang-Dong Wang, En-Jin Chang, Dao-Zhen Bian, Wei-Liang Zhang, Jian-Long Hu
  • Patent number: 10998660
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first electronic component, an electrical connector and a shielding shell fixed to the first electronic component, a second electronic component located above the first electronic component, and a mating member fixed to the second electronic component. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, and a first terminal electrically connected to the first electronic component. The mating member includes a second terminal electrically connected to the second electronic component. The shielding shell has a first grounding portion and a second grounding portion, and covers outside the first terminal. The first grounding portion is electrically connected to the first electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yu Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 10992088
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue, the base having a front face for abutting a front end face of a mating connector; and plural contacts arranged in an upper and lower rows and exposed respectively to an upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, wherein the insulative housing is devoid of a step between the base and the tongue, and a length measured from a front end face of the tongue to the front face of the base is about 2.85 mm A complementary electrical connector is devoid of a grounding piece in front of plural contacts thereof, and a length measured from a front end face of a shell thereof to mating points of the contacts is about 1.05 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jie Su, Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10971865
    Abstract: A cable with terminals in the present disclosure includes a shielded cable (80) and an outer conductor (40). The shielded cable (80) includes wires (81) and a shield. The outer conductor (40) includes a tube. The tube collectively covers the outer peripheries of the wires (81) exposed from the shield, and includes a first cover and a second cover. The first cover covers the wires from a first side, and the second cover covers the wires from a second side opposite to the first side with clearances (S) defined between the first and second covers. At least one of the first and second covers includes leakage suppressing portions (58). The leakage suppressing portions (58) extend toward a wire arrangement area (48) where the wires (81) are arranged in the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Yusuke Kojima
  • Patent number: 10950981
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a rear base and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base. Two rows of contacts are retained in the housing. A metallic shielding plate is embedded within the housing and between the two rows of contacts. Each row of contacts defines positions from one to twelve in the transverse direction wherein positions 2&3 and 10&11 are designated for high frequency signal transmission. In the shielding plate the space between corresponding positions 4 and 6, and that between corresponding positions 7 and 9, are of a complete or enlarged hole being essentially fully empty along the front-to-back direction for achieving the high frequency transmission without undesired crosstalk among the corresponding contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Chou, Xiao-Qin Zheng, Shan-Yong Cheng
  • Patent number: 10950980
    Abstract: A connector device including: a plug connector provided with a plurality of plug terminals, a plug housing holding the plurality of plug terminals along a longer direction, and a plug shell held on the plug housing; and a receptacle connector provided with a plurality of receptacle terminals, a receptacle housing holding the plurality of receptacle terminals along the longer direction, and a receptacle shell held on the receptacle housing. The plug shell and the receptacle shell are electrically connected in a state in which the plug connector and the receptacle connector are mated together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shiro Sunaga
  • Patent number: 10950962
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting at least two electrical conductors featuring first and second electrical cables. The connector features at least one first conductor plate allocated to the first cable and at least one second conductor plate allocated to the second cable. Each conductor plate features in total a number of conducting structures with first contact sections which corresponds to at least the number of the conductors for electrical contacting of the allocated conductors and also second contact sections. Furthermore, the connector features a number of coupling elements corresponding to the number of conductors which are designed for electrically contacting the second contact sections of the respective conductor plate allocated to the respective conductor by bridging of a spatial gap between the first and second conductor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LISA DRAEXLMAIER GMBH
    Inventors: Fabian Schmidbauer, Daniel Wiesmayer, Florian Komar
  • Patent number: 10932044
    Abstract: A speaker includes a holder and a vibration unit and a magnetic circuit unit fixed and held at the holder. The vibration unit includes: a first diaphragm and an elastic support located at an end of the voice coil facing away from the first diaphragm and elastically supporting the voice coil. The elastic support includes a flexible circuit board and a second diaphragm fixed and held at one side of the flexible circuit board facing away from the voice coil. The flexible circuit board is sandwiched between the voice coil and the second diaphragm and includes an upper surface fixed to the voice coil and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The second diaphragm is fixed to the lower surface by a binder, and the lower surface is recessed towards the upper surface to form a binder accommodation groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongjian Hu, Shuai Li, Min Su
  • Patent number: 10923863
    Abstract: A high voltage connector, connected to a device, that experiences a reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI), avoids galvanic corrosion of dissimilar metals within or without a fluid environment, and provides an effective electrical ground system. The connector includes an outer housing assembly, an inner housing mounted inside the outer housing, a set of cable reinforcement retainer assemblies secured inside the inner housing, a back cover through which the cables respectively slide along and covers a central opening of the outer housing, a braided shield covering the cables, and a clamp that connects the shield onto the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Vikas Azad
  • Patent number: 10884201
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to an on-board ROSA arrangement where a fiber receptacle element, optical components such as optical de-multiplexer (e.g., an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG)), turning mirror, photodiodes and light receiving chip are mounted to a common substrate. The fiber receptacle element includes a body that defines a slot to at least partially receive an end of the substrate and mount thereto. The body of the fiber receptacle further includes an aperture that extends through the body to receive an optical fiber and/or associated connector and align the same with ROSA components mounted on a surface of the substrate. The fiber receptacle body may be solid, e.g., formed from a single, monolithic piece of material, and may be manufactured from metal, plastic or other suitably rigid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Liu, Kai-Sheng Lin, Hao-Chiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 10855008
    Abstract: A power interface may include a housing, a connection body, and a second stopping plate. A first stopping plate may be arranged in the housing. The connection body may be arranged in the housing. An engaging flange may be arranged on the connection body. A second stopping plate may be attached on an inner face of the housing along a circumference direction of the housing. The second stopping plate may be spaced apart from the first stopping plate. The engaging flange may be sandwiched between the first stopping plate and the second stopping plate. A mobile terminal and a method for manufacturing a power interface are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Guodong Gu, Feifei Li
  • Patent number: 10802232
    Abstract: An example optoelectronic module includes a housing that extends between a first end portion and a second end portion. The optoelectronic module includes a printed circuit board (“PCB”) that includes an electrical connector at the second end portion of the housing, at least one transmitter electrically coupled to the PCB and optically coupled with at least one optical fiber, at least one receiver electrically coupled to the PCB and optically coupled with at least one optical fiber, and at least one electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) attenuating component formed of a plastic material that is configured to attenuate EMI. The EMI attenuating component is configured to attenuate EMI generated by one or more other components of the optoelectronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: II-VI Delaware Inc.
    Inventors: Tat Ming Teo, John Hsieh, William H. Wang, Jinxiang Liu, Hon Siu Wee, Troy Wy Piew Chiang
  • Patent number: 10797446
    Abstract: An electrical assembly is composed of a receptacle connector and a plug connector adapted to be mated with each other. The plug connector includes an elongated insulative housing forming a receiving space rearwardly recessed from a front mating face thereof with a pair of forwardly extending guiding posts respectively located at two opposite longitudinal ends of said receiving space in the longitudinal direction. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing with corresponding contacting sections exposed in the receiving space. A metallic shield is rearwardly assembled upon the housing from a front side of the housing with a pair of bending sections each inserted into the corresponding retaining recess which is terminated behind the front mating face in the front-to-back direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hong-Wei Liu, Wei Zhong, Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10777950
    Abstract: A connection system for a quantum computer that employs constant impedance connectors with attenuation or filtering components or both embedded therein or within an adaptor removably insertable within an adaptor housing for use in a cryogenically cooled quantum computer. The connection system provides a higher density of cables traversing through a hermetic sealed top plate, and which are accessible to chill blocks to reduce the thermal energy from the signal lines. Attenuators or filter circuits are embedded in the constant impedance connector housings, or provided in adaptors that connect on each end to form mating constant impedance connections, in order to reduce signal strength as the signal progresses through the cryogenic environment and to remove extraneous electrical signal noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Phoenix Company of Chicago, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Maturo, Robert M. Bradley
  • Patent number: 10749998
    Abstract: This application relates to a hardware interface, and in particular, to a USB Type-C interface used for an electronic device. In this application, a step is disposed on the USB Type-C interface to place a display screen. This shortens a distance from a front display screen of the electronic device to an edge of the electronic device, and increases a screen-to-body ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolong Wang, Qiliang Wang, Gaofeng Wang, Hui Li, Xuelong Liu
  • Patent number: 10707608
    Abstract: A power interface includes: a connection body having a first connection surface and a second connection surface opposite to the first connection surface; and a plurality of power pins. Each of plurality of power pins has a first portion extending through the connection body from the first connection surface to the second connection surface. A mobile terminal including the power interface and a method for manufacturing the power interface are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guodong Gu, Feifei Li